Bachar Keren, Shulimzon Tiberiu, Ofek Efrat, Segel Michael J
Institute of Pulmonology, Sheba Tel-HaShomer Medical Center, Ramat Gan, Israel.
Department of Pathology, Sheba Tel-HaShomer Medical Center, Ramat Gan, Israel.
Access Microbiol. 2022 Mar 22;4(3):000328. doi: 10.1099/acmi.0.000328. eCollection 2022.
Nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) may cause pulmonary and extra-pulmonary disease in both immunocompetent and immunocompromised patients. Pleuritis is an uncommon manifestation on NTM disease, and pleuritis caused by has only been described once before. Because it is considered to be an environmental contaminant, isolation of from bronchopulmonary secretions or other sites is often dismissed. The disease caused by is usually a pulmonary infection and typically occurs in severely immunocompromised individuals or in immunocompetent patients with an underlying chronic lung disease. We describe an unusual case of pleuritis caused by in a patient without an underlying chronic lung disease and with no evidence of a concurrent pulmonary infection.
非结核分枝杆菌（NTM）可在免疫功能正常和免疫功能低下的患者中引起肺部和肺外疾病。胸膜炎是非结核分枝杆菌病的一种罕见表现，由[具体菌种未提及]引起的胸膜炎此前仅被描述过一次。由于它被认为是一种环境污染物，因此从支气管肺分泌物或其他部位分离出[具体菌种未提及]常常被忽视。由[具体菌种未提及]引起的疾病通常是肺部感染，典型地发生在严重免疫功能低下的个体或患有潜在慢性肺病的免疫功能正常的患者中。我们描述了一例由[具体菌种未提及]引起的胸膜炎的不寻常病例，该患者没有潜在的慢性肺病，也没有并发[具体菌种未提及]肺部感染的证据。
